What
makes life confusing? It’s when one can’t determine if things are signs for you
to give up or simply a test to see if you can hold on longer.
Sudh
Desi Romance is one such story set in a picturesque city Jaipur, Where a witty tourist guide and fake wedding guest Raguram
aka Raghu (Sushant Singh Rajput) is suffering
from pre wedding jitters .On his way to his wedding venue he meets Gayatri
(Parineeti Chopra) a strong willed , ultra modern independent women who is acting
as a fake sister to the groom for extra cash . Already baffled Raghu is mesmerized
by the way Gayatri lives her life. They both get into a long conversation
during this journey and get attracted to each other physically during this trip,
which gives Raghu the guts runway from his wedding stage on the last minute leaving
the bride Tara(Vaani kapoor) stranded .
Few
days later Raghu and Gayatri bump into each other in the city market,
eventually start dating and become live in partners, alternating between
suspicion trust and lust . Entering into Live-in-Relationship the two decide to
give a name to their relationship and fix their wedding. On the day of their
wedding Raghu again gets the panic attacks but before he could runway, Gayatri
runs out on him leaving him yet again totally confused.
Soon
after in a wedding where Raghu is a fake guest meets Tara , the girl he was
going to tie knot with. She asks him out only to take revenge but eventually
getting into a serious relationship with him . Finally when Raghu decides to propose Tara
for a marriage to penance for all this pervious misdeed with her , Gayatri
re-enters his life . What does all this confusion leads to, Does Raghu proposes
Tara for marriage or he gets back to Gayatri or he again runs away .It is for
us to see and enjoy.
Sudh
Desi Romance is the face of new changing relationship , It shows the mindset
that one has to be happily married at a certain age can put massive stress on individuals
resulting to take wrong decision . Director Maneesh Sharma has effortlessly
presented a new age love story by capturing the mindset of the today’s youth in
very humorous and causal way . The film speaks about the youth that understand
love and commitment but are confused somewhere in between. Handling of such a
deep and heavy subject of relationship in such a light and easy manner makes
the film more appealing , The only speed breakers to this smooth film were when
the character talking to the camera which was avoidable or could have treated
otherwise . It was spoon feeding for the maturing audience.
Jaideep
Shanis is renowned for his realism without letting the audience feel the weight
of reality . The main characters Raghu , Gayatri , Tara , Goel or even gossiping
Gupta who is just seen in one scene are
so real that you feel you have meet them before. Jaideep Shanis has beautifully
woven this romantic drama in layers with various uncertainty and conflicts the
young and impatient youth faces today when it comes to commitment. Also the
decision to take upcoming-town Jaipur as the base where the youth faces more cultural
and traditional collision with fast changing belief than the bigger developed city
creates an exciting drama. The only defect I could point out was too much of coincidence
of character bumping into each other and all the three protagonists were
coincidently orphans, or parents not at reach which gave them the freedom to
runway what could have happened otherwise??
The
Cinematography by Manu Anand is worth a mention, each and every frame exhaled romance
, He captured Japiur refreshingly and the inserts shots in the film were
romance in their ownself . The Editing by
Namrata Rao is good but nothing exceptional. The Music by Sachin Jigar is refreshing
& hummable . The Art department T .P
Abid and Rashmi Seth has also done their job very well.
As
for the performance Sushant Singh Rajput gets into the skin of the confused, quirky,
naughty and flirty character of Raghu very convincingly. He shows and proves
that he is here to stay longer in the industry. Gayatri is as playful as
Parineeti normally gets, the character was tailor made for her , she swiftly
changes gear from playful to serious emotions and I specially loved the
drunkard act where Parineeti creates a bubbly magic. Vaani Kappor as Tara has
done a commendable job. Tara has a pinch of wild streak in her which Vaani has captured
it well. Vetran Rishi Kapoor as Goel sabh once again sprinkles the magic with his act.
Summing
it up “Sudh Desi Romance” can be the flag bearer to new romantic cinemas to
come ahead.
Rating
***
(Note:
Those who love Melodramatic romance this is not the film for you)
